Awning-fitting.



I 'PATENTED OCT. 6, 190a.

0. WHITMORE. AWNING FITTING.

APPLIOATIDN FILED JULY 19, 1900.

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oscAn WHITMORE, or SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

AWNING-FITTING.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,960, dated October6, 1903.

Application filed July 19, 1990.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OsoAP. WHITMORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements inAwning-Fittings, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a superior, cheap, and simplemeans for joining the rods and bars of awning-frames.

A further object of my invention is to allow the frame to be readilytaken to pieces and in case of breakage to allow the broken parts to bereadily replaced at slight expense of time, labor, and material.

A further object of my invention is to enable the constructor to usewooden rods when desired for constructing the awning-frame, thus toinsure lightness and decrease expense. My invention is embodied invarious forms for the various modes of constructing the awning frame.

My newly-invented fitting comprises acap perforated at its closed endand provided at the open end with means for attachment to the end of therod or bar and a bolt inserted through said perforation, with the headof the bolt inside the cap.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as the same is appliedin awningframes for ordinary use.

Figure I is a fra'grnental view from below of an awning-frame providedwith my improved fitting in two of its forms which are adapted for anawning frame principally formed of wooden rods and bars. Fig. II is anaxial section of the same extending longitudinally of the slot of thecaps. Fig. III is an elevation looking into the open end of the fittingshown attached to the front bar of the awning inFigs. I and II. Fig. IVis a fragmental section showing a form of fitting adapted for connectingthe front bar of the awning with an iron rod. Fig. V is afragment-alview of an awning-frame formed of cylindrical rods and barsof uniform size connected by means of my invention applied in angles andTs.

In the several views, a indicates the cap, and different forms of capare distinguished by appropriate indices.

In Fig. I cap a is provided with a longituof the slot toward each other.

Serial No. 24,244). (No model.)

dinal slot 1, extending from the open end to the closed end of the cap.A bolt 1), passing through the lugs at and 5 and tightened by its nut19', aifords means for drawing the walls The lugs are preferably placedclose to the open end of the cap, but at a sufficient distance from saidopen end to allow the shell of the cap to springin gradually toward theportion of the walls where the lugs 4 and 5 are located, therebyallowinga wooden rod 0 to be clamped perfectly tight, allowing thepressure to be extended over a greater frictional surface of the woodenrod, thus to prevent any destructive crushing of such rod, which mightoccur if the pressure were to be applied immediately at the end of thecap.

In Figs. II and III, 8 indicates the perforation in the closed head 3'of the cap, through which the bolt dis passed, the head of the boltbeing inside the cap.

In Figs. I, II, and IV, 6 indicates the front bar of the awning. Thebolt (1 passes through said bar, which is brought firmly against theclosed end 3 of the cap a by means of the nut 61'. The fitting a at theupper end of the rod 0 is furnished with an eyepiece 6, formed integralwith and projecting from thehead of the cap. 1 indicates a bolt throughthe eyepiece for fastening same to the wall-bracket g or other fixtureattached to the building. 3 indicates the closed head at the upper endof the rod 0.

In Fig. IV the means provided for fastening the cap to the rod consistsin screw-threads 7 in the main body of the cap a". The cap in suchinstance is not slotted.

The form shown in Fig. V shows two or more slot-ted caps connectedtogether to form a single fitting. o, and a show two slotted caps theopen ends of which are constructed after the same manner as shown at ainFig. I, and the other ends of said caps are joined together in an angleto bring the axes of the caps at a right angle to each other. This formsa corner-fitting for an awning to be constructed of cylindrical rods ofc and bars 6. In this view a T-fitting is also shown consisting of threeslotted caps a a a ar- T are respectively clamped upon the bars e,

which form the front bar of the awning. In practical use the cap can bereadily removed from its rod by unscrewing the fastening, and in casethe fastening-bolt?) should become broken the fragments can readily beremoved and a new bolt passed through the perforation.

In the form shown in Fig. Vthe fitting can be readily released from therods and bars by simply unscrewing the fastening-bolts b.

It is understood that Where desired the slotted members of the multiplecaps (shown in Fig. V) can be arranged at any desired angle with eachother.

In case the bolt 01 should become broken it can readily be replaced.

-What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. An awning-fitting comprising, in combination, a wall piece orbracket; a perforated cap having a longitudinal slot; lugs on theopposite sides of the slot; a bolt through said lugs to draw the wallsof the slot toward each other; a rod clamped thereby at one end; asecond cap; an eyepiece atthe otherend of the rod formed integral withand projecting from the head of said second cap; and a bolt through theeyepiece for fastening the same to the wall-bracket or other fixtureattached to the building.

2. An awning-fitting comprising in combination, a rod, a cap atone endof said rod provided with a perforation through its closed end and witha longitudinal slot extending from the open end to the closed end andwith lugs on the opposite sides of said slot; a bolt through saidlugs todraw the walls of the slot toward each other; a screw-threaded boltinserted through the end perforation with head inside the cap andscrew-threaded outside {a nut for the screw-threaded portion of saidbolt; a second cap at the other end of the rod and provided with aneyepiece formed integral therewith and projecting from the head thereof;a wall-bracket; and a bolt for attaching the eyepiece thereto.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, at San Diego, California, this12th day of July, 1900.

OSCAR IVHITMORE.

Witnesses:

J. O. HIZAR, W. H. PRINGLE.

